I know there are mixed feelings about what PFF offers, but it is a good tool to have to at least shed some light on things that could have been missed in the previous game. Each week my plan is to go through the grades and relay any pertinent information that I find when perusing through the various analytics and grades from the service. If there's anything of particular interest to any of you let me know and I can seek out that info from PFF.

Without further ado, here is this week's breakdown of the PFF numbers after Cal's season-opening win over UC Davis.

OFFENSE

Top 5 overall grades

1. WR Nyziah Hunter - 77.6 (28 snaps)
2. RB Jaydn Ott - 73.7 (37 snaps)
3. QB Fernando Mendoza - 72.9 (47 snaps)
4. OL Bastian Swinney - 70.5 (67 snaps)
5. WR Mikey Matthews - 69.6 (18 snaps)

Top 5 individual grades

1. OL Bastian Swinney - 84.9 (pass blocking)
2. OL Matthew Wykoff - 82.5 (pass blocking)
3. OL T.J. Session - 79.7 (pass blocking)
4. WR Mikey Matthews - 78.2 (run blocking)
5. WR Nyziah Hunter - 77.0 (passing game)

Snaps played

1. OL Rush Reimer - 67
2. OL T.J. Session - 67
3. OL Bastian Swinney - 67
4. OL Nick Morrow - 64
5. OL Matthew Wykoff - 64
6. QB Fernando Mendoza - 47
7. WR Mavin Anderson - 46
8. WR Trond Grizzell - 41
9. TE Jack Endries - 38
10. RB Jaydn Ott - 37
11. WR Jonathan Brady - 34
12. TE Corey Dyches - 34
13. WR Nyziah Hunter - 28
14. QB Chandler Rogers - 20
15. WR Mikey Matthews - 18
16. RB Jaivian Thomas - 18
17. WR Mason Starling - 17
18. RB Byron Cardwell - 11
19. TE J.T. Byrne - 9
20. WR Jordan King - 3
21. OL Trent Ramsey - 3
22. OL Victor Stoffel - 3
23. RB Kadarius Calloway - 1

DEFENSE

Top 5 overall grades

1. ILB Cade Uluave - 89.7 (74 snaps)
2. OLB Ryan McCulloch - 84.8 (44 snaps)
3. OLB Myles Williams - 83.5 (21 snaps)
4. DL Aidan Keanaaina - 83.3 (33 snaps)
5. CB Marcus Harris - 82.8 (69 snaps)

Top 5 individual grades

1. ILB Cade Uluave - 84.7 (coverage)
2. DL Aidan Keanaaina - 83.2 (run defense)
3. CB Marcus Harris - 83.1 (coverage)
4. OLB Ryan McCulloch - 81.8 (pass rush)
5. DB Craig Woodson - 81. 2 (tackling)

Snaps played

1. ILB Teddye Buchanan - 74
2. ILB Cade Uluave - 74
3. CB Nohl Williams - 70
4. CB Marcus Harris - 69
5. OLB Xavier Carlton - 50
6. DB Miles Williams - 48
7. OLB Ryan McCulloch - 44
8. DB Matthew Littlejohn - 40
9. DB Craig Woodson - 37
10. DL Nate Burrell - 36
11. DL Aidan Keanaaina - 33
12. DB Lu-Magia Hearns - 31
13. DL TJ Bollers - 29
14. DB Isaiah Crosby - 26
15. DL Ricky Correia - 25
16. OLB Cheikh Fall - 24
17. OLB Myles Williams - 21
18. DB Ryan Yaites - 20
19. DB Cam Sidney - 17
20. DL Derek Wilkins - 10
21. OLB David Reese - 9
22. DL Stanley Saole-McKenzie - 8
23. OLB Serigne Tounkara - 8
24. DB Ja'ir Smith - 5
25. CB Collin Gamble - 4
26. ILB Hunter Barth - 2

NOTES

• As a team, Cal's 89.7 was good enough for the 19th-best grade in Week 1. It's defensive grade was even better with the Bears securing a spot at No. 5 among all FBS teams with a 90.6 grade on that side of the ball. Their coverage grade of 90.0 was also good enough for fifth nationally. Cal also received a high mark in the run defense category with an 88.0, which was 15th among all FBS teams in Week 1.
• The Bears scored low in the tackling, receiving and pass protection categories overall. Total, PFF credited three players with at least two missed tackles and the team had eight missed tackles overall.
• On the positive side, the defensive line applied 16 total pressures and hit the quarterback five times and had two batted passes.
• The rushing breakdown was: 8 runs to the left, 11 up the middle and 12 to the right side with the most success (5.3 yards per attempt) coming when running off the left guard.

9-4 last week for 11-4 for the year. 1-0 for my lock of the week for 2-0 for the year. https://cal.forums.rivals.com/threads/lets-pick-the-acc-week-1-games.32906/

Home team in Italics

SMU by 10.5 over BYU - BYU?

Northwestern by 2.5 over Duke - Going with Duke. Northwestern is garbage.

Georgia Tech by 3.5 over Syracuse - Line is suspiciously low. Georgia Tech?

North Carolina by 22.5 over Charlotte - North Carolina?

Auburn by 13.5 over Cal - Was not impressed at all by our lines, but 13.5 smells like an overreaction. Cal covers in wilcox moral victory fashion.

Louisville by 28.5 over Jacksonville State - Jacksonville State?

Virginia Tech by 19.5 over Marshall - Virginia Tech?

Wake Forest by 2.5 over Virginia - I have Virginia.

Tennessee by 7.5 over NC State - Another suspiciously low line, but I'll take Tenn.



Non conference lock of the week: Oregon by 18.5 over Boise State - Not sold on Boise necessarily, but absolutely convinced Oregon is overrated. Boise covers.